29-ia-410-25 in apeal-st-1951-25.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 410 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL (st) NO.1951 OF 2025 Shobha B. Pawar …Appellant/Applicant V/s. Murlidhar Keru Sonavane & Ors. ...Respondents. ………….. Mr. Sagar Joshi for the Applicant. Ms Chitra Darekar i/by Mr. Girish Agrawal for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. Yogesh Dabake, APP for the Respondent/State. ………….. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 16.10.2026. P.C. : 1. This is an application for condonation of delay in filing appeal under Section 14-A of the of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short “SC & ST Act”) against the order dated 8.7.2024 passed by learned District Judge-2, Nashik in Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 303 of 2022, by which, the learned District Judge has rejected the application filed by the appellant/applicant under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Dinesh S. Sherla 1/2 DINESH SADANAND SHERLA Digitally signed by DINESH SADANAND SHERLA Date: 2026.10.16 18:56:40 +0530 29-ia-410-25 in apeal-st-1951-25.odt 2. In spite of service, none appears on behalf of respondent Nos. 3 and 4. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 2. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is a senior citizen and due to ill health she could not file the appeal within time. It is submitted that the delay is not deliberate and the same be condoned. 5. On the other hand, learned counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 2 submits that no sufficient cause is made out to condone the delay. 6. The applicant in support of her ill health has filed on record the medical certificate issued by Gurav Hospital. Considering the reasons mentioned in the application, the delay of 108 days in filing the appeal is hereby condoned. 7. The Application is disposed of. 8. Criminal Appeal (St) No.1951 of 2025 be listed on 20 November 2026. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Dinesh S. Sherla 2/2